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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Patrick W. O'kelley, Ii, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven D. Lamb, Woodinville, WA (US);
Vincent H. Curley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ling Tony Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michal Bortnik, Seattle, WA (US);
James Hsi-kai Jen, Seattle, WA (US);
Jerry Alan Johnson, Medina, WA (US);
Johan Peter Hansen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Patrick W. O'Kelley, II, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven D. Lamb, Woodinville, WA (US);
Vincent H. Curley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ling Tony Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michal Bortnik, Seattle, WA (US);
James Hsi-Kai Jen, Seattle, WA (US);
Jerry Alan Johnson, Medina, WA (US);
Johan Peter Hansen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Information is shared among users in a system by the use of a service. The service receives information from at least two different game applications that each have a configuration file (defined with a common schema) that defines information from the game application to share with a service. An intermediary program executing on a computer that is also executing one of said game applications receives information from the application as defined by said configuration files and stores at least a portion of the information received from the application. At least a portion of the information is sent to the service when the intermediary is in communication with the service over a network wherein the service provides information about a user of said at least two game applications based on information received by said service.